Registration device for spacing and punching registration holes



y 0, 1967' v BORAGINA ETAL 3,322,014

REGISTRATION DEVICE FOR SPACING AND PUNCHING REGISTRATION HOLES Filed March 24, 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 BYMAX RK us ATTY y 30, 1967 v. BORAGINA ETAL 3,322,014

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43 l I v 19 B MAX R. KRAUS ATTY United States Patent 3,322,014 REGISTRATION DEVHIE FOR SPACING AND PUNCHING REGISTRATION HOLES Vincent Boragina, 8408 W. Madison Drive, Niles, Ill.

60648, Gerald W. Schneider, 17 W. 285 Indian Hill Drive, Bensenville, Ill. 60160, and Stephen J. Stramaglia, 5051 W. Nelson Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60641 Filed Mar. 24, 1965, SB!- No. 442,298 19 Claims. (Cl. 83-468) This invention relates to a registration device for spacing and punching registration holes.

This invention has particular application in the graphic arts and in the preparation and printing of printing plates having multiple images in an exact and precise registry with each other. Such printing plates are prepared from multiple negatives or positives photographically obtained. The negative or positive each has multiple images. The term step-up is applied to the negative or positive which has a plurality or multiplicity of images of the same subject matter. These multiplicity of images must be in perfect registry with other images on the other negatives and positives with which they are placed in registry. To effect a perfect registry of the images, the holes punched in the various work sheets, whether they be negatives, positives, or masking material, must be in exact registry, otherwise the work sheets will not be in perfect registration and defective and blurred images will result.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a registration device which will eflFect-ively and economically space and punch registration holes in work sheets of the foregoing character.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device in which the spacing between the holes may be readily and accurately set and controlled, in a minimum of time and with perfect exactness.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device which is economical to produce and which may be speedily operated.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pair of slidable or movable members which move together in eifecting the first setting and in which the second member also moves relative to the first for a finer setting, with the second member supporting the locating pin.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the device forming this invention and showing an exploded view of the sheet punched in conformity with the invention.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the device.

FIG. 3 is a front View.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged top plan view taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view looking up, taken on line 7-7 of FIG. 3, and

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view taken on line 8-8 of FIG. 7.

The numeral 10 designates the top of a table or any other supporting surface on which the device forming this invention is supported. The device includes a baseboard 12 which is supported on a plurality of posts 14 secured to the underside of said member. The posts rest on the table top or support and space the baseboard 12 from the table top 10.

The baseboard 12 is of generally rectangular shape and forms the work supporting surface, as well as the means on which all the other parts are mounted or supported. One side edge of the baseboard is recessed or cut out as at 16 for the major portion of its length, for the purpose 3,322,014 Patented May 30, 1967 of accommodating the bed or rail, generally indicated at 18, on which the sliding members, to be described, move. The underside of the baseboard 12 adjacent the recessed edge 16 has an inverted L-shaped recess 19, best seen in FIG. 5, for the purpose of accommodating one side of the movable slide member.

Secured to the baseboard in the recessed or cutout space 16 is the bed or rail 18 which extends the length of the cutout 16. The bed or rail 18 is secured by means of a pair of brackets 20 which are secured to the underside of the baseboard by fastening bolts 22. Each bracket extends under the recessed portion 16 of the baseboard adjacent the end of the recess and under the bed or rail and is secured thereto by fastening bolts 24 to support the bed or rail 18 in fixed relation to the baseboard. With this arrangement the bed or rail 18 may be readily secured to the baseboard.

The bed or rail 18 in transverse section is shaped as best seen in FIGS. 5 and 6. Along the length of each of its opposite front and rear sides 26 and 28, respectively, it is provided with a flange 30 and 32, respectively. The rear flange 32 extends under the recess 19. The front of the front flange 30 terminates flush with the front side edge of the baseboard 12.

The top surface of the bed or rail 18 is stepped, as shown. It comprises a flat horizontal portion 34 which is flush with the top plane of the baseboard 12, and a stepped up flat horizontal surface 35 which is slightly higher and which defines a straight edge 36 with a groove 37 extending below the surface 34. The bed or rail has a longitudinally extending slot 38 which accommodates the sliding locating pin on the slidable member, to be described. The slot 38 is rearwardly of the straight edge 36.

Secured by fastening screws 39 to the top of the flat surface 35 is a plate 40 which carries a scale 41. The plate 40 extends forwardly of the front wall of the bed or rail 18. The bed or rail supports a pair of movable or slidable members. The first movable or slidable member, generally designated by the numeral 42, has a crosssectional shape, best shown in FIG. 5.

The slidable member 42 is provided with a body 43 and spaced upwardly extending side members or arms 44, each of which has inwardly extendinglips 46. The slidable member 42 is positioned so that the lips 46 engage the flanges 39 and 32 and permit the first member 42 to he slid or moved on the rail or bed 18 along the length thereof. The body 43 of the slidable member is shaped to provide a trough 45 which communicates with an enlarged opening 45'. The trough is adapted to receive the discarded material which has been punched from the work sheet, to be subsequently described. This waste material will fall through the opening 45 and will not remain on the first slidable member 42.

The body of the slidable member 42 is also provided with a vertical internally threaded bore 47 which receives the threaded stem 48 of a tightening member having a manually engageable head 49. The stem 48 extends upwardly of the body and is adapted to engage the underside of the bed or rail for the purpose of locking the slidable member 42 relative to said bed.

Fixedly secured in suitable bores in the body 43 of the first slidable member 42 and extending laterally from the side thereof is a pair of spaced horizontally extending posts 52. Slidably supported on said posts is a second movable or slidable member, identified generally by the numeral 54, which carries the locating pin as well as the vernier scale. The second slidable member 54 is of generally L-shaped configuration in section, as best shown in FIG. 6, comprising a base 56 and an upwardly extending leg 57. The base 56 of the slidable member 54 is provided with horizontally extending spaced bores 58 which aline with the posts 52 to receive said posts. The upwardly extending leg 57 extends forwardly of the plate 40. The leg 57 has secured to the top thereof, by screws 59, a plate 60 which extends laterally of the second slidlarged opening 45 The trough is adapted to receive the able member 54. The plate 60 has an enlarged inner portion 62 provided with a recess or channel 64 engaging the forward edge of plate 40. The plate 60 on the second member 54 has a vernier scale 66.

The second slidable member 54 supports a locating pin 68. The'locating pin 68 is secured to the base 56 and extends vertically upward into the slot 38 of the baseboard 18. The pin 68 has a reduced upper end 68 which defines a shoulder 69. The shoulder 69 is on the same plane as the surface 34. The work sheet is secured to the pin end 68' and rests on the shoulder 69, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The second slidable member 54 is connected to the first slidable member 42 so as to move therewith but by micrometer means is adjustable relative to said first slidable member. While the second slidable member 54 moves with the sliding movement of the first slidable member 42, the second slidable member 54 may be adjusted relative to the first member by the rotation of threaded member 70. Threaded member 70 is rotatably secured to the first slidable member 42. The body 43 of said member has a horizontally extending bore 72 which receives the end of threaded member 70. This is best shown in FIG. 8. Said end has an unthreaded portion 74 which has a groove 75 engaged by a plate 76 which extends into the recess 77 in said body 43. The plate 76 is held by a screw 78.

This holds the threaded member 70 against axial movement but permits rotation of said threaded member. The threaded member 70 extends laterally'of the first slidable member 42 and extends into an internally threaded bore 80 in the base 56 of the second slidable'member 54. Fixed to the end of threaded shaft 70 isa snap ring 71 which limits the travel of second slidable member 54 with respect to shaft 70 so as not to become disengaged therefrom. V

A knurled knob82 is fixed to said threaded member 70.

The knob 82 is positioned between the first and second slidable members and manual rotation of the knob will. 'rotate said threaded member 70 and cause the second slidable member 54 tomove either toward or away from the first slidable member 42. This provides the micrometer means for precisely adjusting the vernier scale 66.

The second slidablernember 54 is thus movable with the sliding movement ofthe first slidable member, but is also adjustable relative thereto, as described. The punch member, generally designated by the numeral 86, is fixedly mounted on thestationary bed or rail 18 and is best shown'in FIGS. 1 and 5'. It comprises a base portion 87 having laterally extending ears 88 at the bottom thereof which'are anchored to the' bed 18 by v fastening members 89 extending through openings in said ears. Pivotally secured, as at 90, to the base 87 is'an L- shaped arm 92 which extends rearwardly and isprovided V with a raised portion 93 to beengaged by the palm of the hand.

The base portion '87 of the punch has a vertically extending bore 94 which isenlarged as at 95 adjacent the p I upper end to provide a shoulder 96. A punch member 97 is positioned to move within said here and said ipunch member is held in an elevated position by means of a coil spring 98 surrounding the upper portion of said bore.

' The lower end of the coil spring rests on the shoulder 96 p and the upper portion against a washer 99 fixed to the top of the punch member 97. The top of the punch member 97 will be on the underside of the pivotal L-shaped arm 92 and the normal position of same will be as shown-in FIG. 5, in which the L-shaped arm is raised to its elevated position.

Vertically alined with the bore 94 and with the punch member 97 is a vertical bore 100 in the bed or rail 18.

Said bore is enlarged at its upper end as at 102 and' paper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, or the like, of a' limited thickness. The term work material or work sheet wherever used defines same. In punching the work material or work sheet 1110, it is positioned on the baseboard 12 and moved so that the edge thereof engages the straight edge'36, thereby positioning it under the punch member 97 so that the operator by depressing the arm 92 will cause the punch member to be moved downwardly and thereby punch a hole in the work sheet. The punch member 97 enters the die member v104 to shear and provide an opening in the work sheet.

The scale markings 41 on plate 40 is the stationary scale and is marked off in inches, with twenty graduations to the inch. The zero (0) marking on the scale, indicated by the numeral 112, is alined with the axial center of the punch'member 97. 1

The vernier scale 66 is the sliding scale'aflixed to the second slidable member 54 and has a total of fifty graduations equaling the length of the forty-nine graduations of the main scale. This permits adjustment of the locating pin in increments of one-thousandth of aninoh. The scale markings on both the stationary scale 41 and the vernier scale 66 are not limited to those described 'but may be variedto suit the particular requirements.

The operation will be understood'from the foregoing, however, a brief description 'of same'will now be recited. By sliding the first slidable member 42 relative to the bed or rail 18, the second slidable member 54 and the is moved relative to the stationary scale 41 and there locked in position For the finer and micrometer adjustment of the locating pin 68, the knob 82 is manually rotated to move the second slidable member 54 in relation to the first member 42, either toward the first member. or V. outwardly away from it to effect a diner adjustment be- 1 a tween the main stationary scale 41 and the vernier scale 66. The locating pin 68 is carried by the seconds-lidable member, hence, the position of the second slidable member determines the setting of the pin 68 andlits relation to the punch member 97 withfwhich it is longitudinally alined. Once'the locating pin has been set in relation-to theqpunch member the. distance therebetween remains fixed for the punching operation until reset.

The work sheet to be punchedis inserted as previously described so that its front edge engages the guide or straight edge 36 which wvill" position the sheet 110 for 3- the punching operation. The sheet is punched by manually depressing the arm 92 about its pivot 90'. Releasing the pressure on the arm 92 will cause the punohmember to,

return to its elevated position, as shown'in FIG. 5. After the first hole has been punched, as indicated by the nu-- meral 114 on the work sheet in FIG. 1, the sheet 110 is removed and is positioned so that the hole' 114 engages the locating 'pin 68. This thereby positions the sheet so that the second hole to be punched is properly positioned relative to the punch. The second punched hole on the sheet is indicated by the numeral 116. The sheet is then removed and shifted so that the second hole 116 engages the locating pin and the third hole 118 is then punched. The process is repeated until all of the holes are punched along the edge of the sheet, all being in proper spaced relation to each other.

Any subsequent work sheets which are punched with the same setting of the machine will have their holes alined to register with the holes on work sheet 110. Thus, all the work sheets will have their holes in absolute registry and alinement with each other. This invention thereby produces the proper stepup in preparing printing plates having multiple images, in which registry of the plates is a critical element. Its uses are not limited but may be employed wherever holes have to be punched for exact registry.

It will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made from the foregoing without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A registration device for spacing and punching holes in a work sheet, said device including a baseboard, a punching member mounted on said baseboard and including a punch for punching holes in a work sheet, a first scale stationarily supported with respect to said baseboard, a first movable member movable with respect to said baseboard and said first scale, a second movable member secured to move with said first member, a second scale carried by said second movable member, means for adjusting said second movable member with respect to said first movable member, a pin carried by said second movable member, said pin adapted to be engaged by a previously punched hole in the work sheet to position and space the work sheet for the next punching operation so that another hole can be punched in said work sheet by said punch in a precise position.

2. A structure defined in claim .1 in which the first movable member is slidable with respect to said baseboard.

3. A structure defined in claim 1 in which the first movable member has means for locking said first member against relative movement with respect to said baseboard.

4. A structure defined in claim 1 in which the punch is in alinement with the zero on the first scale.

5. A structure defined in claim 1 in which the second scale is a Vernier guage.

6. A structure defined in claim 1 in which the first movable member supports a pair of parallel extending posts on which the second movable member is supported and wherein the second movable member is adjustably connected to the first movable member by means of a screw member and wherein said screw member is manually rotated to move said second member inwardly towards or outwardly away from said first member.

7. A structure defined in claim 11 in which the punch is in alinement with the pin member on the second movable member.

8. A structure defined in claim 1 in which the pin is shouldered with the shoulder on the same plane as the surface of the baseboard and in which the baseboard is provided with a longitudinally extending slot into which the pin extends, i

9. A structure defined in claim 1 in which the baseboard has a straight edge to be engaged by the work sheet.

10. A device of the character described for spacing and punching holes in a work sheet, said device comprising a work supporting surface, a manually operated punch in fixed relation to said work supporting surface for punching holes in the work sheet, a first scale in fixed relation to said work supporting surface, -a member slidable with respect to said first scale, a second member secured to slide with said first member, said second member having a second scale, means for adjustably moving said second member with respect to said first member, and a pin carried by said second member, said pin adapted to be engaged by a punched hole in the work sheet to position the work sheet for the next punching operation whereby the next hole is punched by operation of the punch.

.11. A registration punch comprising a rail, a first scale fixedly mounted on said rail, a punch fixedly secured to said rail and having a punching member, a first member manually movable on said rail relative to said first scale, a second member attached to said first member and movable therewith, means for adjusting the position of said second member relative to said first member, a second scale carried by said second member, and a pin carried by said second member and movable therewith.

1-2. A structure defined in claim .11 in which the rail is provided with a longitudinal slot into which the pin extends.

13. A structure defined in claim .12 in which the slot is in alinement with the punching member.

14. A structure defined in claim 11 in which the zero on the first scale is alined with the punching member.

15. A structure defined in claim v11 in which the first member has means for locking it with respect to the rail.

16. A structure defined in claim 11 in which the rail is mounted on a board along one side thereof so that the board forms the work supporting surface.

17. A structure defined in claim 1E1 in which the first member engages and extends under the rail and has means engaging the sides of the rail on which it slides.

18. A structure defined in claim 11 in which the first member has laterally extending posts which are received in the bores in said second member for supporting said second member on said first member.

19. A structure defined in claim 17 in which the second member is generally L-shaped in section.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,152,505 10/1964 Alldis '833-3 X 3,171,316 3/1965 Kuever 8345=1 3,176,568 4/1965 Bradley 83-33 X WILLIAM W. DYER, JR., Primary Examiner, JAMES M. ME'ISTER, Examiner, 

1. A REGISTRATION DEVICE FOR SPACING AND PUNCHING HOLES IN A WORK SHEET, SAID DEVICE INCLUDING A BASEBOARD, A PUNCHING MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID BASEBOARD AND INCLUDING A PUNCH FOR PUNCHING HOLES IN A WORK SHEET, A FIRST SCALE STATIONARILY SUPPORTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASEBOARD, A FIRST MOVABLE MEMBER MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASEBOARD AND SAID FIRST SCALE, A SECOND MOVABLE MEMBER SECURED TO MOVE WITH SAID FIRST MEMBER, MEANS OND SCALE CARRIED BY SAID SECOND MOVABLE MEMBER, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING SAID SECOND MOVABLE MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST MOVABLE MEMBER, A PIN CARRIED BY SAID SECOND MOVABLE MEMBER, SAID PIN ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY A PREVIOUSLY PUNCHED HOLE IN THE WORK SHEET TO POSITION AND SPACE THE WORK SHEET FOR THE NEXT PUNCHING OPERATION SO THAT ANOTHER HOLE CAN BE PUNCHED IN SAID WORK SHEET BY SAID PUNCH IN A PRECISE POSITION. 